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Women and children are disproportionately affected. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), young girls are the most demanded and profitable prey for traffickers. Above, a child stands in a curtained doorway in Yemen. UNHCR/Rocco Nuri

Trafficking in persons is a vile crime that feeds on inequalities, instability and conflict. Human traffickers profit from peoples’ hopes and despair. They prey on the vulnerable and rob them of their fundamental rights…
Women and children are disproportionately affected. According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), young girls are the most demanded and profitable prey for traffickers. Above, a child stands in a curtained doorway in Yemen. UNHCR/Rocco Nuri

Trafficking in persons is a vile crime that feeds on inequalities, instability and conflict. Human traffickers profit from peoples’ hopes and despair. They prey on the vulnerable and rob them of their fundamental rights…
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Bogotá, 20 July 2018 - The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the United Nations System in Colombia celebrate the installation today of the Colombian Congress resulting from the most participative and…
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Bogotá, 20 July 2018 - The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and the United Nations System in Colombia celebrate the installation today of the Colombian Congress resulting from the most participative and…